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From: Jon on 4 Apr 2008 12:08
OK, thanks, that give me some more hope. Now I need to find someone with a disk!

Jon

"smlunatick" <yveslec(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Apr 4, 6:27 am, "Jon" <.> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> That seems to contradict what the others have said. They are saying that if it's a big
> manufacturer
> (Dell, Compaq, etc) I have to use one of their branded disks. If it's a small manufacturer, I can
> use a Microsoft OEM disk. Also, they are saying that the disk must have the same service pack as
> that for the product key.
>
> Jon
>
> "smlunatick" <yves...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>
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> On Apr 2, 7:06 am, "Jon" <.> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I tried to re-install XP Home on someone's PC, but it came up with an invalid product key
> > message
> > during installation.
>
> > I used a XP Home Retail CD (borrowed from someone else) and typed in the product key from the
> > label
> > on PC that I was re-installing.
>
> > He has XP Home OEM but wasn't supplied with an XP Home OEM CD, which is why I borrowed someone
> > elses
> > CD. I would like to do a clean install, rather than using a recovery partition.
>
> > Presumably, the OEM product key was not compatible with the Retail disk.
>
> > Can I use any XP Home OEM disk to re-install (eg supplied with someone elses PC)? If, for
> > instance,
> > I borrow one from someone with a DELL PC, will this still work on a non-DELL PC?
>
> There are three levels of XP keys: OEM, Retail and Volume Licence.
> Depending on the version of the XP install cd, you need to use the
> same "leveL of CD to correctly install.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Large manufacturers have specialized branded versions that may "by-
pass" the product activation. However, these versions tend to be
recovery CDs / partitions. I know for a fact that I was able to
install a generic XP Pro OEM CD with an IBM branded key (my office
laptop.)


From: Jon on 16 Apr 2008 11:53
I found a disk - the person who had the PC claimed it didn't come with a CD, but he later discovered
that it did.

Thanks again for you help everyone - no doubt it will come in handy in the future, even if it didn't
this time!

Jon


"Jon" <.> wrote in message news:uYSig4mlIHA.944(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
OK, thanks, that give me some more hope. Now I need to find someone with a disk!



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